The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1861. -_- Glimpses are caught again through the frag. mentary telegrams from America of yet additional successes on the part of the Confederates. Un- fortunately the e.ccoatts by this mail are more than ever what we hi.vo just termed them fragmentary. But even coming to as incoherently, as they do, they are as c;learly as possible agcinst the F,derals, and for the Confederates. The most im- p rtant announcement of all is the one to the effect that General BANKS, on his retreat from Grand Rowe to Alexandria, vvas attleked by the Confede- rates in force at Cane river, suffering heavily. Thirteen transports, we are told, were blown up to prevent their capture by the rebels. Besides which it is added, more in detail, that G en......TgEBY SMITH, in his official report of the Red River battles, claims to have taken from BANKS 4,000 prisoners, 2,500 wounded, 8,000 stand of arms, 35 pieces of artillery, 2,000 males, and 230 waggons. Again, do we not read in another portion of these tele that the rebels en d erg rams, MARMADUKE were reported to have attacked and captured General STKELE'S supply train of 249 waglione, 7 pieces of cannon, and the entire escort of 1,000 men Tae foremost e•.a!ement of all being to the Effect that the Army of the Potornec advanced on the 3d inst., on the 4th crossing the Rapidan at Ely' B , Jacob's, Culpepper, Germania, and United States fords. Although, as is stated, the a c .. co - ants of preliminary operations tiro ~ - f 2ry conflict ing,itis tolerably well proved that the 5 :b New Yorb Cavatry, skirmishing off the Orange Court House road near Perkins, were driven in with severe loss, and that Gen.GßlFFlTEfsdivision,which was thrown forward to feel the rebel position, encountered the rebels under Gen. A. P. HILL. A fight is reported to have thereupon ensued, in which the F4derals took 300 prisoners, but lost two guns. Further particulars, however, may be looked for confidently in a day or two—possibly tomorrow, probably on Sunday, for certain not later than Monday—when the Canard steamship now awaited shall have arrived. The first occasion on which His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES presided at a public dinner was on Wednesday last, when he took the chair at the Royal Literary Fund. It is a gratifying re flection that so distinguished an honour should be conferred on this society, and it seems a gracious and graceful tribute to the claims of literature that a society formed for its service should be selected as the ono which was thus particularised in a re markable degree. This society has always been fortunate in its choice of chairman at its anniver sary festivals, On many occasions the most bril liant and conspicuous men of letters of the day have come forward, and there is something very pleasing to mark their efforts thus to render assist ance to a society which is formed to be of use to their brethren who, treading the same path as themselves, have not been so fortunate in their career nor so favoured in their circumstances. The presence of the Prince of - WALES on this occasion was a happy omen fcr the prosperity of the insti tution, and it is to be trusted that many influential personages will not be backward in following the example thus set them frcm so high a quarter. We know there are many who will always follow in the wake of royalty or fashion who will not trouble themselves to take up the cause of worth or to study the merits of a case for themselves. It was a bril liant sight which met the view of his royal highness when he assumed his new duties, and surely it is time to expect that the dreary fate once supposed to appertain peculiarly to authors is past when the heir to the throne thus comes forward to do honour and render service to the So ciety which has for aim end objsct the noble endeavour to foster struggling talent, and to succour decayed genius. His Royal Highness was able to assure the meeting that their patron, the QUEEN, still felt a concern in their welfare, and that all the charitable institutions of the country were ever a source of interest to her. This intelligence coming from so undoubted an authority was doubtless web. come tidings for his auditory, and thus in some measure his Royal Highness may fill up the blank that is so deeply felt through the QUEEN'S con tinued seclusion. It is difficult to persuade people that those retired from public gaze, and withdrawn from active participation in the stirring incidents of life, are still interested in the general affairs of existence, and keep up the attention that in happier moments they were distinguished for feeling. The Prince of WALES, in coming forward on this occa sion, followed the example of his father, who pre sided at the Literary Fund Anniversary at his second appearance in public as a speaker. The deep interest that he felt in all matters connected with literature is fresh in the recollection of all, and his son can follow in no better footsteps, if he wishes to gain the regard of the cultivated members of the community. The Prince, with a candour that did him credit, declared that he could not tell them any thing new relating to the Society since he spoke in the presence of those who knew much better than he did the details and distinctive features of its workings. Still in offering the incidental remarks that must perforce be uttered by one in leis capacity ths illustrious chairman selected BOW a very noCc ?able peculiarities of the institutieh which they were tt ea met to consider. In e'ae first place, he particu larised an admirable rule of its management, namely, to draw r.o lino of demarcation between countries, thus enabling those of every land to 1 share the 'advantages and to p irticipate in the benefits '.)l . its agency. This is the right feelicg to display since literature has no creed or country, but in its extent and universality comprises every nation and race. Also the Prince alluded to the secrecy with which the assistance was given. This is a very important element in its workings, and Its successful attainment of the desired end must depend, in a great degree, upon this rule being adhered to. Earl RUSSELL performed his part very creditably in proposing " Prosperity to English Literature." The noble lord alluded to several topics in the course of his address, which are well worthy of attentive consideration. He said that it was a pity that English literature was not more studied in our schools, and that a clever man, the head master at Eton, said that they had not a suffi ciently good method of teaching English in that great school. Earl RUSSELL proposed a very wise solu tion to the difficulty, namely, that they should adopt the same system with our own language that they do with regard to the ancient tongues, and select the works of the best authors for perusal. Of course the noble lord was successful in his oration, and on this theme he was well qualified to give an opinion, since he has always been distinguished for his love for literature. There was great truth in his remark that fictitious personages always im. press themselves upon our mind more vividly than historical characters, when we meat with the former in the works of those skilled artists who impart such fiat ce and vitality to their illustrations. The noble lord gave an amusing account of his time being so much engrossed, by saying that he had not made himself acquainted with the " Small House at Allington '' because of the " Great House" in Downing street, which took up so much of his time, The name of Mr. ANTHONY TEOLLOPE was coupled with this toast, and the great success which has marked his literary efforts merited this honour. able distinction. Earl STANIIOPE, the President of the Institution, made an admirable address, and diversified its course with some quotations which c w r h ea o t l e e d th a i m s ulassetmen anniversarytande xeited intere s t. O n th e must be regarded as a most brilliant success, and it is to be trusted that the prominence thus afforded to the merits of the society will be of service in inducing those able to assist to come forward and render their aid. Few things are more important to the social wel fare and commercial prosperity of a country than the development of the various forma of its animal life, and it i s n o wonder that the dw e ll ers in a fertile, but thi n ly p o pulated, country likeAust ra lia should feel anxious to increase the stores and e nr i ch the possessions of their adopted land. Of late years some very important and successful efforts have been made in this directfon ; and the report of the prO ceedings of the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, which has just been published, contains an interest ing and gratifying account of the prospects of the association. The committee are undoubtedly fortu tunate in possess ing a climate so favourable for their experiments, sires there can be no doubt that Aus tralia ie, as they declare in their report, singularly adapted to a wide range of products. Already they have attained unexpected success in several impor tant experiments, and have soceetded in domiciling numerous animals, birds, and Lhes, with a view to the purposes of the agriculturist, the sportsman, the merchant and m anu f acturer, and the ep i cure . The vast debt we owe to a nimal the fully realised; but if we re suddenly kingdom to o i s b edeprived of all the materials used in daily life which they supply to us in one form or another, a good deal of business would stand still. In Australia the wand of exploring expeditions are always borne in mind, and accordingly an attempt is eing made to acclimatize the camel. A herd was brought from i India some time ago, at a cost of £l2O ner head—a sufficient proof that these expe riments are somewhat serious undertakings. This valuable collection had been drawn upon for so many expeditions that it was likely to become altogether dispersed, or eve❑ destroyed. Efforts have lately been made by the Society to collect the scattered members that were saved, and they are now stationed at the Wirimera, where they are breeding regularly. The Committee hope that these useful animals may not only be service able for exploration, but also for carrying the pro duce of remote stations, situated perhaps in those arid and sandy wastes where the want of water is so grievously felt by other beasts of burden. It is curious to find the camel, whose associations belong to ancient history and the distant East, becoming thus identified with the rough and bustling life of our great Southern Colony, but such transforma tions are not uncommon under the influence of this Society. The alpaca, whose name was hardly known a few years back, has thriven most satisfactorily in its new home. The value of its hair in a commer cial point of view is continually on the increase, and from its peculiar properties is not likely to lose favour. A little flock of llamas and hybrids has recently been imported into Australia from. England, and, as their numbers have already increased from 19 to 56, there seems no reason to doubt that they will soon form a considerable collection. Various kinds of sheep have been experimented with, and some of them have proved especially adapted to a hot c'imate ; while goats, both Angora and Cashmere, have been also added to the society's stock with great success. So rich and prosperous a colony as Victoria has a right to think of pleasure as well as business, and accord ingly we find the committee taking into considera tion the wants of future generations of sportsmen. The fallow deer, the Indian elk, and the axis deer, have flourished so well in their new country that they have been turned loose at four different places. The hog deer of India and other specimens of the deer tribe are now in the possession of the society, with a view to their ultimate release into the wilds. The hare, a less distinguished but equally favourite subject for sport, has been turned out on Phillip Island, having been sent out by the Zoological Society of London. Ia the ornithological depart ment the committee have been especially fortunate. Pheasants, partridges, grouse, the English wild duck, the Egyptian goose, doves, pigeons, curassows, and many other kinds are being domesticated with very satisfactory results. The humbler tribes of feathered creatures 'nave not been forgotten, and it may teach our farmers a useful lesson to learn that a society so learned and wealthy, having dealings with most parts of the civilised world, thinksit worth while to import at considerable expense those little songsters who are here so ruthlessly destroyed, and this not with a view of increasing their specimens or for the sake of their eoug,but solely for the bene -6t of the agriculturist. Hundreds of industrious farmers, says the committee, have been ruined by the caterpillar, and therefore the thrush, the sky lark, the starling, the chaffinch, and sparrows of every kind have been carefully cultivated, while the linnet, the robin, and several finches are being domiciled by degrees. This is rather different from sparrow clubs and poisoned wheat ! An important addition to the possession of the colony has been made in the introduction of the Ligurian bee, which has multiplied with a rapidity beyond all expecta tion. Ia most instances acelirnatizition is a slow and difficult process, on which much time and labour must be expended before any great results can be hoped for. This is especially the case with the larger animals who only breed once a year, but the success which has attended the (Inas of the Society in many respects, gives every encourage ment for the fu'ure. Australia is especially adapted by its geographical position for the experiments of sueh a society ; and its connection with the mother country assist its efforts very considerably. We are glad to find that the English Government has afforded valuable aid t 3 the committee, who grate fully actanowledge their obligations to them and to private individuals in many parts of the world. Contradictory Rumours of the Pope's Health, The ilonitcur cis Soir, of May 19, says :—" Letters received hers from Rome to the 14th inst. atnounce that a great improvement has taken place in the health of the Pope, who was expected soon to resume granting audi• ences." The Opinione of Turin, May 19, says :—" Letters from Rome to the 16th init. state that the illness of the Pope has increased in an alarming degree. A secret pontifical bull is said to have been issued, ordering a conclave, com posed only of the cardinals present in Rome, for the election of a successor to Pius IX. before the death of the latter is known to the public." The Morning Post correspondent, in a letter from Rome, dated May 11, says :—" The Pope's health continues to be unsatisfactory, and the anxiety of his medical advisers is iucreased by the impatience with which his Ho , iness, generally of very active habits, submits to the regime of repose which they consider indispensable for his recovery. The Archduke Louis Victor was admitted to the Pope's bedside cn Saturday morning for a farewell audience. His imperial royal highness left Rome for Uivita Vecchia on Sunday, and was accompanied to the railway station by the Austrian Ambassador and the ex• King and Queen of Naples, Apropos—their Majesties are once more:affection ately reconciled, and are to be seen driving about Rome together, a conjugal example which has been followed by the Count and Countess of Trani. Pio Nono himself is said to have acted as peace maker between the two estranged couples." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (Per the Damascus.) NEW YORK, MAY 7 (Afternoon). No decisive news has been received from Virginia. General Burnside has joined General Meade. Forrest has been defeated at Bolivar, Tennessee, by Stages, who pursued him into Mississippi. Cotton steady. Breadstuffs lower. Gold, 714 premium. The Inman steamer Edinburgh, from New York on the - rill inst., arrived at Queenstown at 8.50 a.m. to-day. She brings 121 passengers and 789,399 passengers, and proceeded in at spec ie.9.2o oini . S h landed we ll ;23 HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, MAY 19. It is stated that, in order to prevent the reception of Duke Frederick of Augustenburg on his visits to places in Holstein hying an official character, the Federal Commissioners have instructed the authorities not to receive him. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 20 (Morning). The Constitutionnel of to-day in an article upon the Danish question says The Dano-German conflict is above all a clues. tion of nationalities. The aspirations and interests of the nationalities which gave rise to the conflict should, therefore, be satisfied by a definitive solu tion. Holstein is German, and half of Schleswig is German. It is therefore not astonishing that a project exists to unite the German portion of Schleswig with Holbtein." The Constitutionnel then shows the inconveniences that would arise from tho system of a personal union between that new state and Denmark, and con cludes : " It appears difficult to understand why the populations should not be summoned to decide upon a;Government, and it is probable that they would then choose a German Sovereign. France has done nothing to bring about this solution, but it is evi dent that it is n o t i n oppos i t i o n to her poli c y." BOURSE, May 19.—Th e market has be en more buoyant, and a fair amount of business transacted at an advance. Threes, for the Account, have im proved to 66f. 80c., and Mobilier 1,170 f. R a il wa y Market without animation, and some of the lin es aro quoted rather lower. The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows 41 per Cents. 94 Italian Loan 69 25 Do. end month.... Do. end month 69 70 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 85 Do. end month — Credit M0bi1ier....1163 75 !Russian Do. end m0nth....1175 Austrian Bank Shares 3355 ' Spanish Threes.... _ Credit Fonder 1255 Rome Debt .. 49 Roman RAIL \YAM Cash. Acoonnt. 878 75 .. 880 -- 992 50 995 880 .. 885 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 6.50 - .. 652 50 500 - - 465 - 463 7.5 062 50 .. 366 25 405 - 407 50 533 75 .. 532 50 485 - 487 50 572 50 .. 570 270 - INDIA AND CHINA. (By Telcgre.ph from Sucz.) CALCU ETA, APRIL 30, Grey shirtiogs and mule twist quiet. Exchange on London, 2i. lid. Government securities, 4 per cents., 1)5; ditto, 5 ditto, 105;1 ; ditto, 5-I, ditto, 1131. Freight improv ing. BOMBAY, APRIL 30. Money higher. Discount, 15 par cent. Exchange on London, 2s. lid. Government securities, 50 per cents., 112. The London mail of the 3d April arrived here on the 26th inst. CANTON, APRIL 15. Grey shiKings, and water twist higher. Tea un changed. Total export to date, 107,000,000 lbs. Exchange on London, 4s. 91d. SHANGHAI, APRIL 9. Tea, nothing dcing. Silk lower. Sottlements during the fortnight, 350 bake. Exchange on London, Os. „§l,l, CHINA, DEFEAT OF THE IMPERIALISTS-MAJOR GORDON WOUNDED. SHANGHAI, APRIL 9. The Imperialists have been repulsed at Kintang. Major Gordon was wounded, and several of his officers were killed or taken prisoners. The Imperialists are recovering from this re verse, rroving to attack Kintang Thep receivingare e re ag ain large reinforcements. The rebels are believed to be hemmed in. ..................i• MARSEILLES, MAY 20. The ilfessageries Imperiales steamer Said, Capt. Burnet, left yesterday with the mails, 43 passen gers, 603 packages of merchandise, and specie value £135,500, for India and China, and 79 pas sengers, 1,112 packages and specie valu e £7,420 for Alexandria. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAILS. PLYMOUTH, May 20. The Golden Fleece, from Calcutta on Feb. 20, Madras, March 6; and Table Bay, April 9; passed off here this morning. She brings 19 days later Cape news; 90 pas. sengers from India, and 22 from the Cape; and a cargo of rice, indig o , and cotton. At the Cape Governor Wo dehouse had re turned to Graham' s Town, h avin g declined to arbitrate betw een the Free Sta te and Basutos in their boundary li n e dispute, bec ause the Free State Yolksraad would not give him unfettered discretion, they stipulating that the Warden boundary line of 1849 should be m6intained entirely. The Governor proposed to assist in suppressing the Frontier Castle thefts, by rigorously enforcing the Pass system upon all frontier travellers, without distinction of race, character, or colour. d The Colonial Gazette, of A p ril 8, contained the bills of the new me asures p ro p osed b y the Governor for the consideration of Parliament, which was to meet oa the 27th April. The most a nd an appeal court for the fiomrptohretaenatstwerenredaistbriielltsf,or creating a supreme court colony, a bill for establishing a registry office for all deeds in the eastern districts, and a new road bill, throwing the maintena nce of existin g roads o n the Circle-road boards for med in the districts con eo revenue as con cerned. The formation of new roads and p asses to hitherto. ba charged l,h r e t et o the ge neral colonia l provide for th e alin bills existing revenue defi c iency. They increase the stamp charges, make larg er additions to cl asses of documents chargeable w ith stam p s, and im pose duties on prciperty, successions, and upon b an k notes. With the additional revenue they will bring, the withdrawal of tbe maintenance of road charges from off the general revenue, the extension of the crown land sales, and a judicious retrenchment, it was hoped to equalise the revenue with the ex. pen diture. The mission in Moselikatses country was pro gressing favourably. I he missionaries were about to make an application to the old chief for permis iion to establish a station in Matabele country. Her Majesty's ship Salamander arrived at the Cape on the 28th March, and the Lyra on the 6th April, and wore lying with the Conqueror and the Narcissus i❑ Simon's 13ay. The Centaur sailed for England on the 3d April. The Pearl arrived at the Cape on the 28th March, and sailed for England on the 6th April. The Golden Fleece land her mails and three pas sengers at Plymouth by pilot boat. LITERATURE. Miss Braddon's New Novel, Henry Dunbar : The Story of an Outcast. By the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret." Three Yols4 Second Edition. John Maxwell and Company. Again Miss Braddon has given evidence of her brilliant powers as a novelist. " Henry Dunbar" justifies her reputation and will extend her popu larity. As a fictitious narrative it is as enthral ling as either of the two most celebrated among her romances—meaning by those (need we say it P) "Aurora Floyd" and " Lady Audley's Secret." Bat Miss Braddon herself has a Secret no less than her first heroine, Lady Audley—that formid able, delicate, ghostly, ghastly, blue-eyed adven turess, with the golden aureole of hair—a Secret that our authoress would fain guard as long as possible and with as jealous a care as that with which Lady Audley guarded hers even from the prying ayes of Robert Audley, of the Temple, barrister-at-law, and amateur-detectiere, in the in terests of his noble-hearted old uncle, the baronet of Audley Court, Lady Audley's deluded husband. Miss Braddon's Secret having, moreover, relation no !ess directly than Lady Audley's Secret to the ins and outs of a peculiarly horrible murder—the murder which is, as it were, the mainspring setting in motion all the intricate cogged wheels, (fitting so deftly and accurately, tooth by tooth, one with another) in the wonderously-fabricated machinery of the plot of this new three-volumed novel of "Henry Dunbar.' Following the example of "an eminent novelist"—Miss Braddon alludes of course, as will be recognised •upon the instant, to Mr. Wilkie Collins (vide the preface to the " Woman in White")—the authoress of "Henry Dunbar" makes a brief but earnest " appeal to the critics not to de scribe the plot." Having ourselves an especial antipathy to that always unfair system, as it seems to us, of epitomising the plot of a story, by which some reviewers eke out their remarks, without any advantage whatever to their own readers, and certainly with no advantage at all to the intending readers of the novel then nominally under criticism—we should instinctively have abstained from doing the very thing the writer of " Henry Dunbar" would now especially warn us from attempting. .We don't care in the least, for our own part, at any time, in regard to any fiction, to weary ourselves or, our readers by writing a dull matter of fact epitome of the chain of incidents constituting the plot of the imaginative tale submitted to our consideration. And, naturally enough, we should here have less inclination than ever, if that were in any way possible, to undertake any tedious little task of the kind, after the appeal thus addressed to our sense of fair play by our authoress. Common courtesy, in other words, there fore, it might be said, only confirms us in following out the course dictated beforehand by our own individual predilection. Having read the whole of the three volumes throughout, rapidly, yet with the most eager attention—as we have always found ourselves constrained to do as yet with regard to each successive work from the same gifted hand, from the same pen of glamour and fascination—we shall here remain inscrutably reticent in regard to the inner secret constituting the charm of the pro found interest, colouring, pervading, permeat ing, as one may say, the whole plot of "Henry Dunbar." It is the most daring idea of a plot that even Miss Braddon has yet adventured upon ! The plot of " Henry Dunbar" having, we are almost tempted to assert this, more audacity and, in some respects, more ingenuity about it, than the audacity and ingenuity woven together in the pictured tissue of " Aurora Floyd" or of " Lady Audley's Secret." Here, however, we must let our authores, herself deprecate, after her own inimitable fashion, the censure hitherto lavished overmuch, as it has always seemed to us, upon what, in the cant phrase of the day, is entitled, for want of a better name, the Sensation School of Romance-Writing. Miss Braddon's deprecation of this excessive cen sure being put forth here, very effectively and, at the same time, very briefly, not in her own words, but in words borrowed by her from one of the very greatest of our English classics in imaginative litera ture. That is to say, from;the writings of Daniel De foe—first among English story-tellers, first among English journalists—that famous author (among other immortal books) of "Robinson Crusoe" and the "History of the Plague of London"—he who was in his time (for writing at once boldly and ex quisitely) subjected to the double indignity of being himself thrown into prison and of having his works burnt by the hands of the com mon hangman ! Quoting from Defoe's writ ings, Mies Braddon here puts forth, in vindication of her own works and of whatever in fluence they may have had upon the tone of cur• rent literature, the following "notable declara tion," as she justly calls it, of that G rea t N at i ona l Worthy:—" Throughout this book this fundamental is moat strictly adhered to : there is not a wicked action in any part of it, but it is, first or last, ren dered unhappy or unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage, but he is either brought to an unhappy end, or brought to be a penitent ; there is not an ill thing mentioned, but it is condemned even in the relation; nor a virtu ous, just thing, but it carries its praise along with it." And by this standard Miss Braddon contents her self with requesting—surely with full reason ? —that her story may be judged. So judging it —so weighing iethe balance her former writings, her narrative of " Eleanor's Victory," her world famous romance of " Lady Audley's Secret," above all, what we are still disposed (in spite of our admiration for this enthralling story of " Henry Dunbar"), above all, we say, what we are still dis posed to regard as Miss Braddon's masterpiece, her tale of "Aurora Floyd "—we hesitate not, we have all along never once hesitated, to pronounce these so-called sensation stories, in no one jot more dele terious than —even, we will go so far as to say those drearily didactic, not to say priggish morali■ ties, the awfully high-society novels of the late Henry P;ummer Ward, author of " Tre maine !" First gift of all in a novelist, we take to be the power of awakening interest, and afterwards of sustaining that interest through the whole course of a fictitious narrative. The which gift is certai nl y and beyond any doubt of it Mies Braddon's, and her's supremely. What is more—in her regard— she has no affectations of style: affectations such es are often glaringly apparent in the iastance of her brilliant contemporary, Mr. Wilkie Coliins. The blue fire is, no doubt, frequently burnt, as one may express it, in the drama tised versions of her stories, as, for example, in that closing scene of " Lady Audley " as represented last season on the stage of the St. James's. But the blue fire is never burnt in the stories themselves. There are landscapes in Miss Braddon's narrative that are exqui site specimens of word painting. Her " in teriors," too, as mere specimens of genre pictures are often really admirable. Instance this, in her very first novel the description of Audley Court both inside and out—her delineation of the barris ter's bachelor chambers in the Temple—her limning of the Limo Walk, musical with bees, fragrant with blossoms, twinkling with lights and shadows like the veriest sylvan cloister I And then, the portraits ut her different characters—touched off with a lumi nous pencil as though they were sketched with coloured phosphorus—the blonde Lady Audley, already mentioned—the more voluptuous beauty of Aurora Floyd--the manly Yorkshire equine—the aristocratic Cornish cavalry officer—the savage, drunken, red-headed boor of a tavern keeper —the slang dog-fancier—the deformed stable• help one and all—alike the refined and the brutalised —she brings before us vividly like so many living and breathing fellow-creatures. As in her former stories, so it is here in this new work of hers, "Henry Dunbar." Whether we are with her in London or in Paris, in the great banking house of St. Gunolptes-lane, the banking house of Dunbar, Dunbar, and Balderby, or for a brief in terval in the atelier of Mr. Kerstall, senior, "Look ing for the Portrait"—whether we are at. Maudsley Abbey or at Jocelyn's Rock, down inWarwickshire, the former being Mr. Dunbar'e, the lattei Sir Philip Jocelyn's—the localities are brought before us in ull their details with the comprehensive yet minute vividneSS of phetography. As for the brilliancy of the charaotor-painting in " Henry Dunbar," we shall not rest contented unless our re marks Arc at once graced and justified by a quota tion in the way of eiemplar. Here, therefore, is Miss Braddon's charming delitnation of— THE DERBY.—RACE GLASSES (thn b es t), at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond -street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienua. VOYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nigiits in each week, viz., every Monday, T=aday, Thursday, and sattirday. Mdlii Battu—Sig. Graziani—Herr Schmid—Sig. Wachtel. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), May 21, w II be performed Roqsini's grand opera, GtiGLIELMO TELL. Matilde, Mdile. Marie Battu ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani ; Jemmy, Madame Rudendortf; Mel,th►l, Signor Polonini ; Walter. Herr Schmid; Leutoldo, Signor Fallar ; Ge.sler, Signor Tagliafico ; tin Pescatore, Signor Neri- araldi ; Ro dolpho, Signor Rossi; and Arnoldo, Signor Wachtel. Conductor, Mr. Costa. La Tyrolicnne w.ll be danced by Mdlle. Saviogi, Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ,ta Is, 103. ed., 76., aril ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. tid. Boxes, stalls, and t.ckets may be had st th box-eine, under the portico of the theatre. which is open from teu to five, and at, the principa.i rausicselltrs' and THEATRE ROYAL DR UR 1-L AN E. Managers, Messrs, Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Alter which, Shakspere's HENRY THE FOURTH. Mr. PIItLPS. Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. A ddlso,), Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert .Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, 31 ss Ruse Leclercq, And Mrs. Edmund Fal zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-laue Ccm pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Snowden, Nell Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton. Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley , S nowden, Nellyi'ower, bill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. I Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLEP TO-MORROW VINTIsiG. Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h Er ; 1104 atio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. le. Charles ; Messrs. W M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds,; all bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M. Dien: ade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at 8. The whole profits of the evening will be diT 7 ded between the National tihakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col le;e tichoot Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. All Tickets issued for May ltth will be available on Satur day, the 2 st. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TEETS' EVENING, THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercurio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. 11. .al,rrston ; Juliet, 3ldlle. Stella Colas. THEATRE-ROYAL,irW ADELPHI.-. hole rroprlator and ?lanager, Mr. B. Webster. Lest Week but three ot • he Groat Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAii. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S ROL SE : Alessrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEA H : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billingrtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Nirs. Bi:lington. To eußclude with THE AREA BELLE : Nlessrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, ti. Burner, Miss Wool gar, and airs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ISS BATEMA N.-L E A EVENING and EVERY EVENING —Miss Bateman will apcear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den .d.til further notice. In order o give due effect to t Is most remarkable succes4 of the se .son, eaiirel new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Manson and tons, auel Thompson. New dr sscs and appo ntments have bean preparei for its production.—N. li. In consequence of the t,ressing and numerous applications at the ]fox-office, ar tng,-ement4 have now been node by which Seats m•y be ob tained a Fortnight in Auvan.e. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Di,n Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the copular n ,, mes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. i<obinson. Mr. Asuley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. uimms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Mispi Wentworth, and Mrs. Seining. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and orteinal Come , y• in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled Tar: FOX CHACE , Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham r- Lane ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first rtpl earasce here). At It, OUT OF siiiHT OUT Or' MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews ,nd Mr. Frank tlatthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : M. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Alter which (Isith time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie - Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. COALS.- LILLES HALL COMYAN I'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 24s. per ton. I Double 2os. per ton. Top 235. „ Nut 5........ „ Dei'p Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and i 7, .South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Cok. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENt::E, An be had Every Evening of It GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught -terrace. Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 20, 1864, TUERMOMETER. This morning at Nine o'clock Teats aay at 'lw o o ' c l oc k so Barometer-30.10. Wind—S.W.; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. rlns DAL—Morning, Ih , 4 m. —Afternoon, Ih. 28m. r o .monaow,Moraing, lh. 4 Gat.—Afternoon, 2h. Bm. vi* 4 c;s' )0 T t . , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1864. A LAVA BROTH, We spent Saturday and Sunday at Thingvollum (I ho.ve put his name in the right case, though travellers ge nerally use the genitive, but I shall not treat the other names thus;. We sketched, fished, and shot—learnt a little of the Icelandic culinary art, too, from the smoke-dried servant of Pastor Simon Beck, and taught her a little about English cookery in return. As the good priest had nothing to give us, and the proceeds of our fishery amounted to one trout, we stood a fair chance of being starved, and the servant maid expressed her concern for us in vehement terms. " Bless your heart, old lady I" said Mr. Briggs, " there is everything needful for making a capital soup scattered broadcast over the country." Then, turning to me, "It is an old joke, Padre ; indeed I fear quite a Joe Miller, yet I'll be bound it is new to the Icelanders.' Then he called to the servant to bring him two lava blocks of such a size as would go into a saugepan, as he intended to make broth out of them. The woman stared, and pulled out a couple of the stones which formed the hearth. " They will do capitally, put them into the pot I" "r'''''' The woman placed them carefullly where he desired. " Now then," said he, " let them simmer gently ; take care that they are not hard boiled, nor burnt at all ; stir, stir away, never b 3 afraid of stirring, it extracts tho flavour I" With the utmost gravity, the servant complied, and kept the spoon revolving in the pot, while Mr. Briggs hold his nose over the steam. " They are doing nicely ; have you any salt r' " Ja, ja I" answered she, and she handed him over a bagful. Ile poured some in, and lot hor continue the stirring. "Any flour in the house ?" asked my portly friend. " Ja, ja ;" and she handed him a mug full of rye meal. Presently he brought in a couple of tins of Fortnum and Mason's preserved vegetables, and emptied them in with the stones. " It smells good," said the poor woman, with great so lemnity : " and this is hraun- suppi (lava-broth) I Wonder• ful, wonderful 1" - We'll give it a little extra relish," observed Air. Briggs, throwing in some slices of concentrated soup. i 4 Now, old woman, what do you say to my cooking The servant put her fingers into the pot, then sucked them, and put them in again. Mikit goot" (very good) she muttered, in a sad state of bewilderment : " and all this comes from lava-stones, too. Wonderful, wonderful I" " Now for a bowl," called he, and proceeded to pour out the fluid contents of the saucepan. The smoke-dried servant bore the bowl to the guest-room, and we did ample justice to the excellent atone broth. A DASHING YOUNG BARONET'. Sir Philip Jocelyn was not what is usually called an intellectual man. lie was more warmly interested in steeplechase on Shorncliffa-common than in a pamphlet on political economy, even though Mr. Smart Mill should himself t 3 the n'Atii.or of the brochure. He thcught, John Scott a greater man than Ma-2 , 311c. , ch ; and Manton the gun trial er only second to Doctor Jenne: sea benefactor of his race. He found the works of the late Mr. Apperly more entertaining than the last new Idyll from the pen of the Laureate; and was rather at a loss for small-talk when he found his feminine neighbour at a dinner-table was "deeply', darkly, beautifully blue." But the young baronet was by no means a fool, notwithstanding these sportsmanlike pro clivities. The Tocelyns had been hard riders for half-a dozen centuries or so, and crack shots ever since the inven tion of fire-arms, Sir Philip was a sportsman, but he did not "hunt in dreams," and be was prepared to hold his wife a great deal "higher than his horse," whenever he should win that pleasant addition to his household. He was heart-whole; and looking out at life from the oriel window of his dressing-room, whence he saw nothing but his own land, neatly enclosed in a ring fence, he thought the world, about which some people made such dismal howl ing, was, upon: the whole, an extremely pleasant place, con taining very little that " a fellow" need complain of. He built himself a painting room at Jocelyn's Rock; and whistled to himself for the hour together, as he stood be"- fore the easel, painting scenes in the hunting-field, or Arab horsemen whom he had met on the great flat sandy plains beyond Cairo, or brown-faced boys, or bright Italian peasant girls; all sorts of pleasant objects, under cloudless skies of ultramarine, with streaks of orange and vermilion to represent the sunset. Ho was not a great painter, nor indeed was there any element of greatness in his nature; but he painted as recklessly as he rode; his subjects were bright and cheerful ; and his pictures were altogether of the order which unsophisticated people admire and call " pretty." He was a very cheerful young man, and perhaps that cheerfulness was the greatest charm he possessed. He was a man in whom no force of fashion or companionship would ever engender the peevish Mag.• ness so much affected by modern youth. Did he dance ? Of course be did, and he adored dancing. bid he sing ? Well, he did his best, and had a fine volume of rich bass voice, that sounded re • markably well on the water, after a dinner at the Star and Garter, in that dim dewy hour, when the willow-shaded Thames is like a southern lake, and the slow dip of the oars is in itself a kind of melody. Had he been much abroad ? Yes, and he gloried in the Continent; the dear old incmvenient inns, and the extortionate landlords, and the insatiable commissionaires—he revelled in the commis sionaires; and the dear drowsy slow trains, with an absurd guard, who talks an unintelligible patois, and the other man, who always loses one's luggage I Delicious I And the dear little peasant girls with white caps, who are so divinely pretty when you see them in the distance under a sunny meridian sky, and are so charming in coloured chalk upon tinted paper ; but such miracles of ugliness, corn paratively speaking, when you behold them at close quarters. And the dear jingling diligences, with very little harness to speak of, but any quantity of old rope ; and the bad wines, and the dust, and the cathedrals, and the beggars, and the trente•et•quarante tables, and in short every thing. Sir Philip Jocelyn spoke of the universe as a young husband teats of his Wife, and was never tired of her beauty or impatient of her faults. The poor about Jocelyn's Rock idolised the young lord of the soil. The poor like happy people, if there is nothing insolent in their happiness. Philip was rich, and he distri buted his wealth right royally; he was happy, and he shared his happiness as freely as he shared his wealth. He would divide a case of chcice Manillas with a bed-ridden pensioner in the Union, or carry a bottle of the Jocelyn Madeira— the celebrated Madeira with the brown seal—in the pocket of his shooting• coat, to deliver it into the horny hands of some hard-working mother who was burdened with a sick child. He would sit for an hour together telling an agri cultural labourer of the queer farming he had seen abroad ; and he had stood godfather—by proxy—to half the yellow headed urchins within ten miles radius of Jocelyn's Ruck. No taint of vice or dissipation had ever sullied the bright ness of his pleasant life. No wretched country girl had ever cursed his name before she cast herself into the sullen waters of a lonely mill stream. People loved him ; and he deserved their love, and was worthy of their respect. He had taken no high honours at ,Oxford ; but the sternest officials smiled when they spoke of him, and recalled the boyish follies that were associated with his name. A sickly bedmaker had been pensioned for life by him; and the tradesmen who lied served him testified to his merits as a prompt and liberal paymaster. Ido not think that in all his life Philip Jocelyn had ever directly or indirectly caused a pang of pain or sorrow to any human being, un less it was, indeed, to a churlish heir-at-law, who may have looked with a somewhat evil eye upon the young man's vigorous and healthful aspect, which gave little hope to his possib:e successor. Every word of all this description being to our mind in simplest truth—delightful ! Miss Brad don's powers, again, as a humorist, are frequently in a quiet, subtle manner, very exhillarating. In stence this, her casual remarks upon the discomforts of a Wet Wedding—when the day itself, as Sam Slick would have it, is " juicy"—when the " marble floor," as Dick Swiveller expresses it is his con verse with the Marchioness, is, as one may say (with Dick), decidedly " sloppy"— But this aggravating rain baulked everybody. What was the use of throwing wet dahlias and flabby chrysanthemums into the puddles through which the bride must tread, heiress though she was ? How miserable would be the aspect of two rows of damp charity-children, with red noses and no pocket-handkerchiefs I The rector himself had a cold in his head, and would be obliged to omit all the n's and nee in the marriage service. Or, as a crowning example of Miss Braddon's sense of the humorous, take her version of the under waiter's opinion of the Head-Waiter, at the hotel in Winchester : " And then Brigmawl, the head-waiter, he gives his evidence ; but, tor', sir, without unfriendliness to William Brigmawl, which me and Brigmawl have been fellow servants these eleven year, our head-waiter is that wrapped up in hisself, and his own cravats, and shirt-fronts, and gold studs, and Albert chain, that he'd scarcely tako notice of an earthquake swallering up half the world before his eyes, unless the muck and dirt of that earthquake was to spoil his clothes. William Bi igmawl has been head-waiter in this house upon thirty year; and beyond a stately way of banging-to a carriage door, or showing visitors to their room, or poking a fire, and a kind of knack of leading on timid people to order expensive wines, I really don't see Brigmawl's great merit. But as to Brigmawl at an inquest, he's about as much good as the Pope of Rome." Precluded not only from describing any portion whatever of this profoundly interesting plot of "Henry Dunbar," but even from commenting upon it with anything like particularity, we content ourselves with simply remarking that the interest of the tale never once flags throughout. Margaret Wilmot and Laura Dunbar are the two lovely heroines of the story—the former the lowlier of the two—it is difficult to say which the lovelier ! Clement Austin, the bank cashier, and Sir Philip. Jocelyn, the handsome young baronet above de scribed, are the claimants of their hands re3pectively —Philip of Laura's, Clement of Margaret's. The Mr. Bucket of the tale is one Carter. The Robert. Audley, in regard to the murderer here, is Clement Austin aforesaid. As for the murderer himself and the murdered—" there by hangs a tale"—this enthralling tale of " Henry Dunbar." Knowing the fascination hitherto exercised over her reader's mind by Miss Braddon —as a Novelist endowed with a sort of Witchery_ we cannot wonder in the least at the publisher's announcement of trio exhaustion of the first edition of her new book upon the very day of its publication. The singular glamour exercised by the book itself, however, will fully justify this its instant end eager acceptance. It is gracefully inscribed by the authoress to Mr. l3uckstone, the popular comedian and play wright. It is but another precursor, let us still hope, of yet more of these enthralling fictions from the same pen of fascination, a pen by which vice and . critne are never g l osse d ove r, and one by which, if PrOmbil;ty is occasionally defied, possi hility is never outraged. A BROKEN BEART.—A case of death from broken heart actually took place in this city. A man named Thomas Meehan, a native of the county of Kilkenny, Ire land, residing in Lafayatte-street, San Francisco, received a letter from his native place, informing him that his father's house had been destroyed by fire, and that his father, mother, two sisters, and a brother had perished in the flames. He read the letter, turned. pale, clutched con vulsively at his breast, and fell dead. The ccroner was called, and an autopsy revealed that death was caused I,y a rupture of the heart.—California Paper. 61 1 / 1 41-2.1,c, HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 17. The Queen drove in the morning with her Royal high ness the Princess Helena. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove round by the Lynn of Muich and Birk-hall. -o.__ The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of 'Wales rode on horseback yesterday fore noon, attended by Major Teesdale. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and Major Teesdale, went to the bazaar in aid of the French Protes'ant Free School, at St. James's Hall, The Prince end Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. Their royal highnesses had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Russian Ambassador and Ba roness Brunnow, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Maria Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Bowmont, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Countess of Morton, Viscount Hamilton, Lord and Lady Proby, Lord Harris, Lieutenant Colonel the lion. Percy and Lady Louisa Feilding, the Hon. William arcl Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant .General and Mrs, Knollys, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Holzmanr, and Major Teesdale. The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance, and played a selection of music, under the direction of Mr. Watereon, the bandmaster. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Victoria Scott, Lord and Lady 0 verstone, and a large party are staying on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter at Burghley House, near Stamford. The Duke of Argyll returns to town to-day from the North. The duchess has returned to Campdeu Hill, from staying with the Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland at Cliefden, near Maidenhead. The Duchess (Dow.) of Sutherland has arrived at Chiswick House from Cliefden, near Maidenhead. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailse have arrived at the Burlington Hotel, ,Burlington•street, from Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, for the season. The Earl and Countess Spencer have arrived at Vienna from Athens, on their way home from Egypt. We are happy to learn that the health of Lord Spencer has greatly improved. The Eirl and Countess of &Aland entertained the Duke of Leinster, the Duke of Roxburghe, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lady Laura Phipps, Lady Caroline lierrison, Lurd George and Lady Adeliz% Manners, Lord and Lady De Mauley, Hon, Frederick Byng, Mr Greville, &0., at dinner yesterday evening at their mansion in Arlington-street. The Earl of Glasgow has arrived at the St. George's Hotel, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to town yesterday from Brocket Hall, Herts. The noble viscount has nearly regained his customary health and strength. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone and family arrived in town yesterday from Brighton. Sir Robert and Lady Gerard and Mr. F. Gerard. have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel for the season. Sir Frederick Jrfferson, Bart., has arrived at the Portland Hotel, Southsea. The Right Hon. Niebitt Hamilton has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, - Upper Norwood. Mrs. Campbell Wyndham has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. A marriage has been arranged between Lieut.- Colonel Campbell, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, son of Mr. Campbell of Blythswood, and the lion. Mies Carington, daughter of Lord and Lady Carington. CABINET COUNCIL. —Summonses have been issued for a meeting of the Cabinet Ministers to-morrow, at Lord Palmerston's official residence in Downing-street. HERR ERNST has addressed to us a communicaa tion, in which, speaking of Herr Joachim's phrase " dear master," the former explains that phrase in no way to signify the fact that Herr Joachim was his pupil, the expression having been gracefully employed by the brother artist as an indication of his homage for Herr Ernst's mastery of his art. Herr Ernst also adds that he should have been proud to have bad for his pupil one of the most distinguished representatives of the musical art, sad one who stands alone in his peculiar style as a violinist. YES OR No ?—L e t Mr. Stansfeid reply to these questions, says the Standard;—Did Joseph Maz zini write that account which was published of his famous interview with Gallenga ? Did he hear his proposal to stab the King of Italy ? Did he provide him with money to carry him upon his nefarious errand ? Did he coldly argue with him, as he says, upon the point, whether or not the time selected for the bloody deed were propitious ? Did he point to the knife with the handle of lapislazuli, " which he much prized," and bid Sciandra take it ? Did he not know it was to be driven into the heart of Charles Albert whenever an opportunity occurred ? If he did he was as guilty of plotting a deliberate, cowardly, and infamous murder as Lady Macbeth was of conspiring to slay King Duncan. if he did not, let Mazzini disavow his own nar rative; let Mr. Stansfeld exonerate him from having' written it ; let him stand forward " upon his honour and conscience," and declare that the criminal, wicked, das tardly scheme was never plotted. When he does this, we will take him upon his word ; until he does it, a mystery of prevarication remains, which not even the testimonial or the speech at Halifax will dissipate ; for that knife which- Mazzini gave to Sciandra, wherewith to murder a mall suffice to refute whole columns of braggart declamation. MR ROEBUCK AND THE DUKE OF ARGYLE AT SHEFFIELD.—At a publio meeting held in the hall. of the Mechanic's Institute at Sheffield, on Wednesday, his Grace the Duke of Argyle and Mr. Roebuck addressed a numerous audience on the occasion of the assembling of delegates of the Yorkshire Mechanics' Institute. The Duke of Argyle, in a long and eloquent speech, which was frequently applauded during its delivery, and which at its conclusion elicited tae most enthusiastic and long continued signs of approbation, treated mainly of the probable in troduction of a larger zneasure of Government agency towards the education of the; working class. Mr Roebuck followed in the same line of argument, declaring pia opinion that the State ought to be, and before long, would be, extensively introduced for the purpose facilitating the education of the wori.ing poor. He 0 10 referred to the introduction of the Factorj' Act, which was regarded at that time as an interference of the State between the employer and the employed; but he said t. hat observe; tion and experience taught him hi s error; th a t ,as soon a t he had seen reason to change his m i n d u p on th a t in:Pcir t l question, he got up and delivered his recantation he House of Commons; and that when he heel done se; late Sir James Graham laid his hand upon his (Mr. : 1 - 34- c i buck's) shoulder and said—" I am g l a d th a t y ou h a ve re a your recantation, and 1 will read mine to-lawn-ow." (Hear' ,' hear.) Mr. Roebuck complained of the apathy of the mot e ' , class of Sheffield and its neighbourhood with respect to th e many admirable organisations for introducing intellect ual pleasures to their workpeople. THUNDER-STORM.—A heavy storm of lightning , thunder, and rain passed over portions of Yorkshire on Monday afternoon last. The rain was heavy at Halifax, Utley, and Harrogate, and in the neighbourhood of these towns. The visitation was also heavy in Swaledale, in the North Riding and the river Swale became suddenly swollen to such a degree as has not been paralleled in living memory. The sudden rise of water was most destructi in its effects, as, being a mountain stream, the Swale wile°, s wollen rushes with great impetuosity. Th e i n h a bitants' a* Richmond and the several places along the course of the river were first made aware of the storm by seeing larg e ma sses of timber and debris b orne past by the water, had risen a height of several feet. The old bridge of Bi c ': mond was for a whil e a l most d ammed up by trees, i arg i stones, and mud, whi c h came down the stream. S e ver pigs and sheep and a bullock were also borne past by tba impetuous waters. Near Richmond-bridge some boy ~v 7„ e d r bathing, and had on l y j ust time to escape before the lic)-x One of them, indeed, lost some of his clothes. The wre of a wooden b r id ge was also noticed. The ra i n f e ll le ,h-c, extreme part of north-west Yorkshire, bordering on W r : s „, moreland, heavy mas s e s of dark clouds having lit e l er poured their contents in the valley through which the % /0 flows. The road between Arkendale and Barnard C a was partly washed away, and in the same vicinity a ston, r and wooden bridge were quite carried away. The Wl ' te it the river had been extremely low for several days; ands is believed the cattle that were lost must have been br° oE , ing near the bed of the stream, and had not time to e!‘ . l, , before the flood was upon them. At Rooth the river but its bounds and flowed through some part of the place' happily no human lives were lost. NEW TATTERSALL'S.—Long ere the D erb ? of 1860, end probibly before this year's St• Le e cf shall hove crane off, the new bu;ldiu —in e°, l-111 : 1 „ erection, which is to be substituted for 6 th i e 'O e ' x ' isting -1-8 ;:h " sails, will be open and in full operation. 'The site 01 new edifice is on the west side of linimhtsbrid o .grecr) rt° .. more than halt a mile from Hyde-park b corner, and til e " ry nous departments are most conveniently arranged• 11 ' ° V ° noble archway forms the main entrance, leading on one sl to the subscription saloon, a lofty, well ventilated, and 13P ‘ _ 3 0 cious apaitment, laid with beautiful encaus tic tiles. Th e floors of the general stables, as also the loose boxes, corridors and galleries are, for the purpose of repen ll 7 . damp, laid with Armani and Co.'s patent platoni c 11c a.. These stables, &c., are ranged around the spacious quafor rangle which is to form the arena for th e rostrum, and showing off the horses offered for sale.